In Real Life

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Will Kick Your Teeth In

Check out the latest trailer for Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R. The game is getting location texts in Tokyo early next month.


March 14, 2012
In Real Life

This Cosplayer Is Hungry Like A Wolf

This is South Korean cosplayer Hyun-ah Cho. That’s not her cosplayer name. Oh, no. Her cosplayer name is “Wolf”.


May 27, 2011
In Real Life

What Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Male Daughters

Lipstick. Long hair. Cute dresses. They’re beautiful women, but they’re not necessarily all women. In Japan, they’re called “男の娘”, or literally “male daughter”.


May 25, 2011
News

Guilty Gear Rights Return To Guilty Gear Creator

Arc System Works lost the rights to Guilty Gear fighting franchise but now has apparently gotten them back. That’s good news! [Siliconera - Thanks Christian!]


May 4, 2011
News

One Day, We Will Play A New Guilty Gear. One Day.

Before arcade game developer Arc System Works was known for fighting game BlazBlue, it was known for Guilty Gear. So when’s the next GG fighter coming out? Series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari says, “I honestly don’t know – not because I can’t tell you, but because I really don’t know – but it will happen eventually!” [Siliconera]


April 5, 2011
Nintendo

ESRB Describes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!?

More weirdness is coming to Nintendo’s DSiWare platform from the people who make Guilty Gear and Blazblue games. Following up on cutesy fighting game spin-off BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale comes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? And just what the hell is that?


December 9, 2010
In Real Life

Don’t Feel Guilty About This Fighting Figure

A fighting game character with wings made out of life and death? Sounds like good material for an expensive action figure!


August 11, 2010
In Real Life

This Bridget Is Probably A Girl

Bridget from fighting game Guilty Gear might look like a girl, but Bridget is not a girl. Bridget is a boy. This Bridget, this Bridget is a girl.


April 9, 2010

What’s With The Nuns, Japan?

Whether it be action title Bayonetta, fighting game Guilty Gear or role-playing game Rune Factory, habit-wearing characters have made appearances in video games. Many Japanese games simply use nun accoutrements. But why?


April 6, 2010
In Real Life

A Magazine For Boys Who Dress Like Girls Invites Cross Dressing

New Japanese comic publication WAaI! boys in skirts is hoping to capitalise on the video game, anime and cosplay trend of young men dressing up like young women. Even one professional fighter is into it!